Dreams of Joy
Lisa See
Top 10 Best Quotes
“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait and wait and wait for our children to open their hearts to us. And if that doesn't work, we have to bide our time and look for the moment of weakness when we can sneak back into their lives and they will see us and remember us for the people who love them unconditionally.”
“Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.”
“A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.”
“I came here to be happy, and I’m going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am.”
“My mother used to tell me that Heaven never seals off all exits.”
“Miracles are everywhere, and as I watch my sister--forever, beautiful, forever my little sister--staring into the eyes of the one man she ever loved, I know that indeed things do return to the beginning. The world opens again, and I see a life of happiness without fear. I gaze at my family--complicated though it may be--and know that fate smiles on us.”
“Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.”
“When you lose your home country, what do you preserve and what do you abandon?”
“Maybe stories and memories are destined to be incomplete...”
“It’s fair to say I don’t know what I’m doing. I like to plot my life and proceed carefully, but life doesn’t always follow a plan.”
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